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{{short description|Historic house in Georgia, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Rucker House
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| image        =
| caption      =
| location     = GA 985, [[Ruckersville, Georgia]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|34|9|49|N|82|47|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = USA Georgia#USA
| built        = {{Start date|1815}}
| architecture = Greek Revival, Plantation plain
| added        = June 23, 1978
| area         = {{convert|11|acre}}
| refnum       = 78000979<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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The '''Rucker House''' is a historic residence in [[Ruckersville, Georgia]]. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on June 23, 1978. It is located on GA 985. Joseph Rucker (January 12, 1788 - ) was a large landholder and slaver. He died shortly after the [[American Civil War]].<ref>[McIntosh, John H. The official history of Elbert County, 1790-1935] Elberton, Ga.: The Chapter c1940 568 pages, pages 91-102</ref> His family established [[Ruckersville, Virginia]] and Ruckersville, Georgia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Lucian Lamar|title=A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians|url=https://archive.org/details/astandardhistor04kniggoog|year=1917|publisher=Lewis publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/astandardhistor04kniggoog/page/n473 439]}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Elbert County, Georgia]]
==References==
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[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Houses in Elbert County, Georgia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Elbert County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1815]]